Based on just the first class -- yes! :-) This class is "intermediate photography," so he did a review the first night of camera basics. Next week more basics, with emphasis on exposure. Admittedly he covered things very rapidly, but he already explained some of the basics much, much better than my last teacher did.
Although not sure he can be called a Pentaxia because he hauled out an old manual Nikon to illustrate SLR points, an old Lecia to illustrate range finder points, and a Hasselbad to illustrate 120 film points. But pretty sure he shoots (from what he said, not positive yet) medium format with a Pentax. However, his "teacher goodness" probably has more to do with making a living for about 30 years at stock photography. Mainly architectural. Still some things to figure out on my part -- like after he talked and showed slides I realized that I haven't been focusing at the right distance (object) when I want long DOF in a landscape shot while using a small aperture. I've been focusing too far back. (Fortunately this has not come up that much in my photography so far and all my pictures have turned out.) Do'h! Later, Doe aka Marnie
